Re: ATM Daisy gun sight modifications

["Bill Cotten" <billsas@worldnet.att.net>]

>  FYI, I attempted to to modify a daisy sight? But didn't have much luck? I
used a
> resister to dim the light, no problem. But I tried to remove the film on
the
> lens, first with maureatic<Spelling?) acid didn't work? Then I tried to
remove it
> from its casing, the site said that it was easy? The one I worked on was
not. The
> lens cracked while I was attempting to remove the retaining ring, no good.
If you
> do find a good way to pull it off let me know would ya?

Why remove the lens at all? The older Daisy sights had a coating on them
that was soluble in muriatic acid. The newer sights have a stainless steel
coating I'm told. Nitric acid works well removing this coating but it works
even better at removing the life force from your body if you do not know how
to work with it. Best to leave it alone and try a slower but much safer
method>>>>>>>>Toothpaste! A few Q-Tips, toothpaste and some time spent
rubbing is all you need. Leaves your finder minty fresh too! I *think" the
lens is only coated on one side.

The biggest "problem" I find with the Daisy sight is that after you remove
the coating, you usually end up with two red dots instead of one. The light
reflects off of both sides of the lens and you end up with a faint red dot
in addition to the original bright one. I believe this is because the lens
is tilted a bit. After using it a few times it's fairly easy to ignore one
of the dots.
Cheers,
Bill